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A Call for Empathy, Mutual Aid and Action
By Dr. Betsy Leondar-Wright Millions of Americans just saw their health insurance costs skyrocket. Are any of your congregation members among them? Hundreds of thousands have lost jobs due to federal cuts to public agencies, research, DEI, refugee resettlement and green energy. Are any of your congregation members among them? Another government shutdown would threaten millions of […]
Hurting Those with the Least Class Privilege
The U.S. House of “Representatives” has passed legislation that makes the largest cuts to healthcare in American history, including Medicaid cuts totaling $700 billion and $500 billion in Medicare cuts. These programs make the difference between good health and sickness or even death for those in the United States who have limited social class […]
Say Yes to Resistance
by Betsy Leondar-Wright The election outcome was a shock – but wasn’t something new. Throughout U.S. history we’ve had waves of right-wing populism, when people bought into explanations of their economic hardships that scapegoat other marginalized groups and reject traditional elites. This election was a right-wing populist upsurge that few of us saw coming. We […]
Save the Tree, but What About We?
By Bethany Ramirez If all politics are local, there is currently a dust up about renovations to the park across the street from me. Plans include the removal of a tree that interferes with the community garden area. But the renovations were halted before they began because of a movement to save the tree. And […]
